. >>> now to washington, d.c. where crews were busy preparing for president obama's inauguration. last minute prep is on the way. he'll be sworn in on sunday in a private white house ceremony. then the president will take his oath at a public event on monday. an estimated 800,000 people will attend the public inauguration. but that's down from a record 1.8 million in 2008. >>> one of those who will attend the inauguration is an accomplished high school student from the peninsula. he was singled out to receive an inaugural invitation. rob roth visited the team who could not contain his excitement. >> reporter: devonte brown was packing his suitcase today with the help of his mother. the 15-year-old honor student has been picked to attend the presidential inauguration. he is set to leave tomorrow morning. >> when i heard that it would be on martin luther king jr. day i thought that was absolutely perfect. and he's been sworn in with martin luther king jr.'s bible so i thought that was really cool. >> even at a young age, devonte has received enough honors and award to fill a noteboo